Mugshot of Antonio Browner (left) and Browner or an accomplice in store just before killing from surveillance video (right). The center inset photo is of Ron'ejsa Smith of Barnesville who is also charged in the murder case.

What possible good do you think could come from a stupid comment like yours. No wonder your remain anonymous, you don't want anyone to know how freaking stupid are. You do know that white people rob and murder too right? The fact of the matter is that someone is dead and many families' lives have changed dramatically. You sit there and pass judgement like you are so much better than everyone else. Your idiotic statement tells me that when you meet someone, you judge them on the color of their skin and not the content of their character. There are a lot of great people out there of all colors. What a shame it is that you miss out on knowing great people because of your tiny, closed mind.

not true. i work in the macon area and read its newspaper everyday. there are about the same number of whites as there are blacks in the paper doing these same crimes. It's a shame to still see that so many of us always put race on crimes. that's like me saying only whites are rapist, serial killers, and frauds. it's not nice to see that we have came so far to only still live in the past. i see that those before us did what they could for us to get along and no one really does. there is a lot of racism still and I never really knew that til i moved to Barnesville. Hope you all catch up to the current year and just get along

How is the gangsta' life workin' out for you Tony boi? Guess you had gettin' some of that easy money on yo mind at tha time. You in a heep of trouble now boi. It don't hurt too much when they stick that needle in your arm I hear. It stings just a little but it don't last long so don't have no fear.

That is something i still dont understand fully. Why would they waste the money to use sterlized needles on someone they are about to put to death? Please someone help me understand this a little better.

You know what? You can go to hell! There were murders, robberies, and much more for the past 100 hundred years. Were those President's at fault? How many other black President's have we had? You hillbilly's make me sick! PIG!

thats why you people voted for him. thats why you people thought life of entitlements would flow like the government gravy train yall think yall people deserve. well it aint happened for you people and so you go kill family dollar employees and whoever else gets in the way of your free entitlements. "if the guvment cants sends me a check,,,i gets it my way then!"

Hold on a minute a** I'm a retired Educator and I have always worked and earned a living as well. Sounds like you are bitter yourself. I have money and I don't depend on nobody but the lord who is my help! So you get that straight! And another thing. I didn't vote for Obama because he was black. I was damn tired of Bush's old crazy a** man handling these other countries. We are in senseless wars and that were all the money is going! Sounds like you are the one hurting and your are casting your anger in all the wrong places.

where is our Military now, dummy? not only are we still in Afgahnistan and Iraq...which by the way was what your stupid azz President said he was gonna address if elected and has basically turned his back on. Now he has shipped them to Libya where we are spending millions each day on something he says is not a war... so shut the hell up please! you are ignorant to what the hell is going on!

We have never had a black president. Still don't....no birth certificate.....his term was just a test to see if Air Force One should be retired, but it seems to be flying more frequently than orbital debris.

So hopefully, he can return to his Kenyan homeland soon. I hope he does not forget his Muslim Prayer Mat.

He won't forget his Muslim prayer rug after he leaves office in 2016....On the same day he takes a flight to Kenya, be on your flight to Europe, oh, better yet be on your flight to the mountains of Appalachia, so u can join the rest of inbreeding clan...I bet your father is your brother...

Insanity!!!! What in the heck does the President have to do with the crime rate...The biggest criminals were in the Bush/Cheney Administration...real criminals!!! Only morons would such statements blaming the President of our country for crimes committed in this nation...If the culprits were Caucasian, would u still blame the President? I think not..People get over it, President Obama will serve another four years, so you better keep on blaming, and what will you get out it..nothing but heartache and pain..I feel sorry for you

you truly are a stupid person wtf does this have to do with Obama? Very educated statement you seem to be really smart.(J.K.) LOL, I can't believe you to even bring him in this. crime has always been and as long as there are people like you still in this world then crime will always be.

IM SO TORN ABOUT WHAT MY RACE IS DOING TO EACHOTHER...WHATS GOIN ON YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE?I PERSONALLY KNOW ESHA AN I HATE SHE LET THE DEVIL BE IN CONTROL OF HER LIFE..ESHA,I JUST KNOW YU WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR MOTHER AN FAMILY,A STRONG,INTELLIGENT FAMILY I MUST SAY,SO THE ROAD YOU CHOSE IS NOT THE ROAD THEY PAVED FOR YOU BABY...MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR MOTHER,FATHER AN SIBLINGS..GOD BLESS THE SMITH FAMILY

murder is a serious offense..i am glad these people were caught. but i would like to point out to those who feel the need to be racist that white crime has a history of being far for heinous and affecting many more people.

Really? Are we talking about the same girl that attacked a teacher on camera in the halls. She chased her, beating her books, and then threw her shoes at the woman. She removed from the Lamar system for a few years after that. Yeah, what a nice girl.

I do hope that if she is innocent of this that it comes out though. And may God have mercy on all of us.

I went to school with Esha as well and she was a nice girl.I dont recall her atacking a teacher.Please enlighten me because I remember her getting into one fight and that was with a student not a teacher.

This has nothing to do with race or the president. Each individual is respondsible for his or her own actions. White people murder and commit crimes just as well but it is swept under the rug and ignored either very quickly or not publicized at all (ex.the young man who killed his child a few months ago)! When a life is taken by anyone that is not a time to point fingers or play the blame game a family somewhere is mourning, no correction several families are mourning because not only has a life been taken off this earth but these people took a life therefore their family has to deal with losing them to the system. It is so easy for small town small minded people to have small minded opinions, but keep in mind it is easy to point the finger and judge when the shoes arent on you feet, but oh how easily could that change. As fas as Obama is concenred the way I see it is if we could tolerate 8 years of Bush..we can tolereate 8 years of anybody! This man is trying to clean up a mess he had no part in creating, if you think you could do a better job then how about you run for president!

Gary was my mothers & uncles' best freind. We called him Uncle Ben .. He was one of the sweetest people you would ever meet. He had a heart of gold. He would never hurt a soul . He was just starting to turn his life around & then this happened. Those 3 people they didn't just hurt one man . They hurt an entire family ...
God has no mercy on his murders.
May your soul rest in piece Uncle Ben.

Race has nothing to do with this. Murder does have everything to do with it. What is happening when 19 yr olds are murdering people? I think alot of persons need to put race behind them and address the real problem. A generation that obviously has no respect for human life. We will all have to deal with that
at some time or another, if this continues.

I agree, it was just last week I believe that the 15 year old shot her Mother in the back of the head and then spent the night in the house and had sex with her boyfriend. Absolutely no morals what so ever. No guilt.

i agree with you as well. this has little to do with race and everything to do with a man that was murdered for a few bucks. the generation coming up doesn't value life at all... the person that was responding to mrs. hattie... who taught him/her to speak to an elder like that?! my mother would have beat the hell out of me if she had ever witnessed or heard about me calling someone who was my elder a dummy... and worse.

as far as race goes... it was white people that stole my a/c unit out of my window last summer... so its on both sides. why make it out like all black people do is mooch and steal. its just not the case. i've worked in several places and the people that i preferred working with due to their work ethics, were african americans.

I am so sick of people pulling the race card whenever a crime is committed. It is funny that these people would have the nerve to do such things, because I bet somewhere in their life they have a black person being loyal to them, more so than their fellow friends. This is a crime, a harsh crime that could have been committed by whites as well, and somewhere is being committed as I sit and type this. I pray for all the families that are being hurt by this tragedy. It is shame that after all these years racism still plagues this world. How sad. My heart aches for my children, because I know one day they will be exposed to such nonsense as this.

You said "the white man got several hundred years head start". Sorry to tell you this, but blacks have been on this earth the same amount (if not longer) as whites.
And for your poverty excuse... I was poor and still didn't grow up stealing and killing. So that only leaves cultural reasons...learn to take some responsibility!!!!

The vast majority of inmates are African American due to the vicious cycle of racism in this country....African Americans ancestor were brought here by force, enslaved, and did really gain any type of freedom until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965...a mere 46 years ago..So many Caucasians have had the opportunity and advantage to excel and succeed, while African Americans had to fight for equal rights..That is why so many of them are ANGRY that this led nation is being led by an African American man...Did you not think that one day, the tables were going to turn...God is more powerful than any of us, and you better believe, a change is going to overcome...When we had the opportunity to kill as many Caucasians possible, we turned the other cheek...African Americans still continued to love those who tormented them...Caucasians better be glad that we don't possess the same hatred that some of them do..You think Baghdad and Afghanistan is burning, try to turn back the hands of time, and see what the end result is going to be...And, it will be TELEVISED!!!!

White people have the nerve to judge African American People well guess what its 2011 and time for you to get a life. Start raising your children and teach them how to act in public, better yet give them a bath before leaving home every now and then. you never see black kids shooting up schools or making bombs ...better yet white kids kill the parents if they dont get their way. its more white meth heads in jail than anything so go to hell

satan is so busy! poisining minds,souls,an hearts...Im so deeply sadden about all the black on black crime,its nothing but the devil has taken over.god bless the world,we all bleed,and breath the same way so just pray people to keep us safe! no blame on anyone but Satan...

Alot of african amrericans are in the "system" because of violent crimes but lets look deeper! Just by these comments alone shows how judgemental and stereotypical people are partially to blame the society we live in is so quick to judge and slow to give people a fair chance. there is no excuse for taking a life but the ignoraance amongst our society is partially to blame times are hard and when times get hard people do irrational things. As far as race goes this is no worse than the caucasian americans who go and murder co workers because they were fired or kill there wives and family members because of an affair murder is murder every race does it.

Why do you constantly try to blame someone else for the actions of criminals? No one forced these kids to do this. They did it on their own free will. Stop looking for excuses to justify their actions. Examine the culture in which they were raised. (and that goes for criminals of ALL races) The facts don't lie.

Educate instead of incarcerate? Is that it? Just the latest Jackson/Sharpton BS nonsense designed to wring more money out of the government. The crime rate in the US is trending downward because of the increased incarceration of those who commit the crimes. See my post above about who that primarily is.

Facts are what they are. You and the others can choose to be politically correct. Or choose to see what is coming as it is.

Delusion: An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder

White, black, blue or purple....something is seriously wrong with alot of the young people today!!! They don't value their life or anyone elses...they think the world owes them something..and they think any and every thing is their's for the taking...Maybe we should start thinking about putting prayers back in schools and reciting the 10 commandments each day..That might be a small start in turning things around!!!

There are no consequences in the schools. Maybe a day of ISS here and there but the majority of what happens is that parents make excuses for their kid's behavior or want to blame the teachers. There is no discipline at home. Parents are scared to do it. Why would there be discipline in the school if there is no discipline at home?

This is so sad because it has nothing to do with anything you people have said. People are not realizing that the devil is trying to steal kill and destory Gods people. People please WAKE UP!!!!!!! Look at what the devil is doing God is getting ready to come back its sooner than you think. People you better get ready I would hate for you too miss heaven. God is no longer playing with us as Americans he is fixing to get our attention one way or another. All I can say is WAKE UP PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That girl aint never been anything but trouble. It's easy to smile in someones face when you need to. It's sad to see someone my age doing this. I never did get the concept of taking something that wasn't mine. My mama taught me better than that. I'm not saying her mother didn't, but we need to pray for people like this.

It's so sad we can see and blame everyone but the one's who committed the cirme. Nice or nautty if convicted pay your due uour time and pay fine. President Obama exposes 8 years of Bush mess and it's only fitting he get the blame. We are in white America, where white have stolen, killed, raped from the black man since man knew he was a man.

Learn your history. White man stole land from the Indians and that's why the Indians gets a monthly income because of you stupid white folks who know everything. By the way President Obama have a right to be whereever he chooses. Him mama probably, like your mama liked a black man. I wonder why????

Honestly, this website's comment section is filled with the most racist, narcissistic, bigoted people I've ever seen. I am sickened by all the intolerance and racial tension going on in here. There is no place for that nonsense in today's society.

Let it be know that I am caucasian male and I do not constantly bash President Obama like the other people of my race do. Why does it matter to you if his religion is different from yours? (it's not, he's a confirmed christian) Whether you be Muslim, Christian, Mormon, Buddhist, Athiest, you should not keep harboring ill feelings towards each other. From experience and interaction with others that dislike him I can tell you that it's racially motivated. They do not like having a black man in power over them(for what reasons, i do not know) Even though he's basically half white, shouldn't he be atleast half right to the racists?

See Conservative white people(40-70yo+) generally believe anything Fox News will tell them. That's where all of the birth certificate and Muslim rumors are fabricated. They love to jump on that little republican bandwagon and smear anyone that disagrees with them to hell and back.

And to that one person who stated the following:
This is so sad because it has nothing to do with anything you people have said. People are not realizing that the devil is trying to steal kill and destory Gods people. People please WAKE UP!!!!!!! Look at what the devil is doing God is getting ready to come back its sooner than you think. People you better get ready I would hate for you too miss heaven. God is no longer playing with us as Americans he is fixing to get our attention one way or another. All I can say is WAKE UP PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say you need to be put on a heavy dose of trazadone and lyrica if you honestly believe that. I mean seriously.

If anything it makes my point stronger. Why is 30.2% of the population in the State of Ga responsible for 61.72% of the inmate population? Go ahead and look up FBI crime statistics for the state of Ga. What "group" commits the most crime as a percentage of total population?

Intolerance? What the f*%&# do you know about intolerance? The only intolerant, narcissistic people on this page are the three charged with murder. I will go out on a limb and guess that you are young (late teens/early twenties), white, from a fairly well to do family. About the only time you are even near a person from another ethnic group is when you are purchasing some smoke. (that makes you more of a racist than anyone else) One day when your brain has a lower THC level and you actually have to go out in the real world and work and deal with some of these people. Then you will see things differently. But until then, just enjoy your herb induced fantasyland and keep riding in that car mommy and daddy are paying for.Because one day you will have to grow up and deal with big-boy problems.

The intolerance is from all of the bible thumping neo-conservative whites.

Oh and I'm doing pretty well for myself, unlike you most likely. Why are you angry that I have a car, come from a good family, and currently in college? I have plenty of black friends along with white, mexican, etc. You seem to be the one being racist by saying that the only reason whites hang around blacks is to buy herb.

I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you just because your life is miserable.

Learn your history. White man stole land from the Indians and that's why the Indians gets a monthly income because of you stupid white folks who know everything. By the way President Obama have a right to be whereever he chooses. Him mama probably, like your mama liked a black man. I wonder why????

Learn history? Nah, better to make history. And you and I will really soon.

Its not only white people that are racist. I think blacks are the most racist people on earth. Blacks have been given everything under the sun because they think they are entitled to it. From dumbing down the educational system to making employers hire people based on race. How many black people know a slave...actually, how many white people alive now have ever owned one? Why don't some of you do a little research and see how many BLACK slave owners there were. I think you will be surprised to find out that people of your own race bought and sold you.....just like the white man. I for one am sick of being blamed for something noone in my family has ever done. Racism will never die until blacks realize that slavery died out a long time ago and NO ONE OWES THEM ANYTHING! If as a black person, you decide to be nothing other than a welfare POS, then its no ones fault but your own. Black people have more entitlements than any other race. It just takes a little more effort to work instead of holding out your hand waiting for the govt to give you something. To sum all of that up....

These three, also got charged with the carjacking in macon the week before this murder happen, it was on news 41 in Macon, Ga.
What were they tinking leaving the evidence in the same car the young girl was driving in this murder case.

The comments here prove that Barnesville is still a back-woods community with intolerance, racism and hate.

I wonder if this blog required that you log in with your true name and address.....how many of these comments would be posted. It's so easy to hide behind "Anonymous" or "Sheila Tolley" and make stupid, racist, hateful remarks.

Walter, why not require people post their information? I bet the blog would clear up and we could begin an honest discussion of our status in Barnesville.

This is awful you people need help!
What the h*** do the president and whether there black or white people have to do with this case?
Honestly whats done is done and all we can do is sit back and let justice prevail.!
Just think about how the families feel .. instead of y'all commenting on here talking nonsense y'all should go an pray that god gives these kids forgiveness!!!!!
I can only imagine what the boys ( who was shot ) family going through , this is truly a tragic and there in my prayers.!

WE ALL NEED TO PRAY!! WHAT'S DONE IS DONE AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES. THE PARENTS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN AND AFTER A CERTAIN POINT IN THEIR LIFE THEY MUST MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES. THEY MUST LEARN FROM THEIR OWN MISTAKES.

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